Pharmaceutical Executive-02-14-2006

One percent of mothers taking SSRI’s during the second half of pregnancy gave birth to babies with pulmonary hypertension, a recent study found. But the mechanisms that connect increased serotonin with this disorder are unknown.

The door to growing vaccine proteins in plants is officially opened with a USDA-approved veterinary product. Is the FDA prepared for human vaccines grown in plants?

Generic drug advocates say flat funding for the Office of Generic Drugs in the 2007 FY budget will do nothing to decrease the growing backlog of products waiting for approval. They claim other streamlining techniques will not reverse this trend.